You'll be based in Bristol, a hub for environmental innovation and opportunity, where you can tap into diverse projects and collaborations.

Undertake work placements, volunteering roles, field-based work and residential trips in natural and urban environments, in the UK and abroad.

Go on inspiring expeditions to the threatened forests of Madagascar or diving on the coral reefs of Cuba.

If you choose the sandwich course option, you'll get to spend your third year working with a public or private sector employer in this country, Europe or further afield, applying your knowledge to current environmental issues.

Where can it take me?

Our graduates take their skills into internationally-renowned organisations such as the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Others go into industry, working with employers such as Thames Water, the Environment Agency, Wessex Water, Atkins or charities like the Woodland Trust.

Some become film-makers, or take part in conservation projects around the world, everywhere from the Seychelles to Panama.

Accreditations and partnerships:

Content

The optional modules listed are those that are most likely to be available, but they may be subject to change.

Year zero (foundation year)

You will study:

Biology in Practice

Chemistry in Practice

Skills for Science

People and Science.

You normally need to pass your foundation year before going into Year one.

Year one

You will study:

Life on Earth

The Earth

Field Skills (including residential field trip)

Environment and Society.

Year two

You will study:

Environmental and Field Techniques (includes international field trip)

Ecology and Ecosystem Protection.

Plus optional modules from (the number depending on credit requirements):

Earth Science

Environmental Impacts and Mitigation

Atmosphere and Climate

Hydrology to Oceanography

The Microbial World.

Placement year (if applicable)

If you study on the four year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work or study placement after Year two.

Depending on which you choose, you'll either complete a placement learning or learning and development module.

See the Placements and Fees sections for more information.

Final year

You will study:

Dissertation Project or Independent Research Project

Resource Security and Sustainability.

Plus optional modules from (the number depending on credit requirements):

Scientific Frontiers and Enterprise

Energy Technologies

Tropical Expedition

Marine Ecosystems (including field trip)

Environmental Forensics

Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Global Forest Systems

Science Communication

Professional Practice in Applied Sciences

Sustainable Food Production

Environmental Microbiology.

The University continually enhances our offer by responding to feedback from our students and other stakeholders, ensuring the curriculum is kept up to date and our graduates are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need for the real world. This may result in changes to the course. If changes to your course are approved, we will inform you.

Learning and Teaching

Get a strong grounding in each topic in lectures, seminars and tutorials. Then enrich and deepen your understanding through laboratory workshops, fieldwork exercises and case studies.

Learn about everything from geology to climate science. Study the problems and solutions linked to our changing environment. Develop the science communication skills to help you stand out from other environmental graduates.

Learn in diverse environments with regular fieldwork and residential field trips.

Benefit from teaching linked with world-class environmental research.

You'll learn from field leaders, working in areas such as the conservation of bird's nest ferns in rainforests, the decontamination of water in Third World countries and the use of plants to measure radiation levels.

Carry out your own research project, working with an academic supervisor in your chosen area of interest.

Identify and develop the skills you'll need for your ideal career.

Receive one-to-one guidance and feedback from our team of environmental science specialists.

Professional accreditation

Placements

Students who go on work experience tend to graduate with better degrees. Experience also hones your skills, industry knowledge and professional network, making you a sought after graduate.

If you choose the five year (sandwich) course, you'll spend a year away from the University on a work or study placement after Year two.

We'll encourage you to apply for placements, a paid summer vacation internship and volunteering roles, through our links with industry, government organisations, consultancies and conservation groups.

Our students work with leading employers, such as the RSPB, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, the Environment Agency, MoD, Kew Gardens and Tongariro Natural History Society in New Zealand.

You'll get help to find a placement and support throughout from department staff and our award-winning careers service.

Fieldwork

Fieldwork is an essential part of studying and understanding environmental issues, so you'll spend a significant part of your time doing fieldwork.

As well as going on short local trips in and around Bristol, with its rich variety of urban and natural environments, we arrange UK and international residential visits each year. You'll get to go to places like Devon, Cornwall, Tenerife, Madagascar and Cuba.

Study facilities

Careers / Further study

Environmental issues impact at local, national and international levels, and our students go on to make a valuable contribution in many different areas.

Past students have worked as pollution scientists, water quality experts and environmental managers with organisations including The Environment Agency, Wessex Water and DEFRA.

Some find roles as environmental consultants, working on renewable energy, waste management or the consequences of climate change. Others go into environmental education in schools, field studies organisations or postgraduate study.

Get inspired

Our award-winning careers service will develop your employment potential through career coaching and find you graduate jobs, placements and global opportunities.

We can also help find local volunteering and community opportunities, provide support for entrepreneurial activity and get you access to employer events.

Visit our employability pages to learn more about careers, employers and what our students are doing six months after graduating.

Supplementary fee information

Your overall entitlement to funding is based on how long the course is that you're registered on. Standard funding is allocated based on the standard number of years that your course lasts, plus one additional year.

You'll apply for funding each year that you study and Student Finance will take into account how long the course is in each year that you apply. So if you register for the five year course and then transfer to the four year course, the number of years you can apply for funding will change. Student Finance will reassess your funding based on how many years you have been in study, not just those years for which you received student finance.

Always seek advice before taking any action that may have implications for your funding.

Typical offers

Tariff points: 48

GCSE: For all applicants, Grade C/4 or above in English Language, Mathematics and Double Science, or equivalent. Please note the University does not accept Level 2 Key Skills, Functional Skills or Certificates in Adult Numeracy and Literacy as suitable alternatives to GCSEs.

A-level subjects: Science AS or A2. Points from A-Level General Studies and AS-Level subjects (not taken onto full A-Level) can be included towards overall tariff. You must have a minimum of one A-Level.

Specific subjects: Science at GCSE, A or AS-Level

Relevant subjects: Maths

EDEXCEL (BTEC) Diploma: To include six units in a science subject.

Access: Achievement of the Access to HE Diploma; to include level 3 credits in Science.

Baccalaureate IB: A pass in a higher level science subject.

Entry requirements

The Foundation year is designed to accept a wide range of people with different educational backgrounds. You will be considered on an individual basis.

If you are an international student your recommended route of study for this degree is through UWE Bristols International College which, upon successful completion to the required level and with good attendance, guarantees entry to Year 1 of the degree.

How to apply

UCAS Extra: Apply for this programme through UCAS Extra between 25 February and 4 July 2018. We aim to give you a response to your application within 21 days.